Oedipus
These unremitting thunders, and these flames!
Thick flashing, hurl'd by Jove's resistless hand.
1515
Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles. Robert Potter (Translator). London. 1820.
Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles. Robert Potter (Translator). London. 1820.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Robert Potter, 1788))
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mvp-comment-1037-1
The usual order would be
αἱ πολλὰ διατελεῖς βρονταί ,
mvp-comment-1037-2 πολλὰ 1
mvp-comment-1038-1 στράψαντα 2
mvp-comment-1038-2 σκήψαντα 3
mvp-comment-1038-3 χειρὸς τῆς ἀνικήτου 4
1514. mvp-comment-805-1 αἱ πολλὰ βρονταί Sc. δηλοῦσιν τάδε. Here, as in 1502, the nominative is brought in without any exact connection with what precedes, as though the words What signs of this appear? had preceded. There is no reasonable doubt that πολλά is the true reading. The frequent thunderings. For other instances of adverbs attached to substantives, see Essay on Language § 24. p. 41. βρονταὶ διατελεῖς are to be joined in one expression, Prolonged thunderings.
1515. mvp-comment-806-1 * στράψαντα ἀνικήτου] Flashing from the invincible hand. The form στράπτω occurs in Apollon. Rhod. For a similar corruption, cp. O. T. 375, and v. rr.